Sunday Update

I only managed to write 3 days this week. My goal is 5, so I’m not happy with myself. There was no excuse for not writing on Friday. It was pure laziness. It was me wanting to do other things. Bleh. Yesterday, I was having a pretty good writing day. I was in my office in my comfy chair. Then my son, his girlfriend, and her little girl came over and decided to stay in the room with me. My son’s girlfriend was very quiet, doing her own thing. But my son likes to talk. And he did. Here’s the thing, though. What my son has to say to me is SO much more important than what I’m writing. If you have kids, you understand. Although he’s grown, he’s precious to me, and if he wants to talk to me, then I’m going to let him. The book can wait. I still got almost 800 words in. So my total words for the week is 2417.

Weight loss and healthy habits are still going well. I try to keep that updated on “Fitness Friday” every week.

I have the print proof of Soul of a Vampire, but it looks like there are changes to be made to the spine. The title isn’t centered exactly right (CreateSpace fixed something and I think that’s why it happened), and the font is really too small to see well. Anya said she would fix it. I hate to pay for another proof, but in the long run, I think it’s better to get it right. I let my son and his girlfriend look at it yesterday. My son said he would definitely get it fixed. So I guess that’s what I’ll do. I’ll let Anya look at it tomorrow. This is the first time I’ve had to have a cover redone after seeing the proof. The measurements are SO precise when submitting a cover file.

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18 Responses

It’s hard to write 5 days a week when you have a full time job. 3 decent writing days is more doable.
Hope the next proof you get back will be perfect. I’m going to be publishing with CreateSpace for the first time later this year. I’m already not looking forward to figuring out the formatting.
Hope you enjoy the rest of your Sunday.

I never really thought about the fact that some authors who are churning out over 1000 words a day might not be working a full time job. I mean, some might be, but many don’t work from what I hear. I guess it is harder to write a bunch of words after using my brain all day at work. Maybe I’m being too hard on myself. Shooting for five days is okay if I don’t freak out when I don’t make it.

I’ve used CreateSpace five times and this is the first problem. I hate paying for another proof but it will be worth it to get it right.

The day writing is more important than your family is a dire day indeed. well done on what you did write, bad luck on the cover but sometimes stuff happens- best get it right. Take care of yourself and best of luck this coming week:)

Lauralynn, you wrote for three days, which is much better than none! Sometimes, you just need a lazy day. Also, as you said, it’s hard to write after a day job–I don’t see how some people put out the numbers they do.

My boys are asleep in the morning when i get up, so that is a good time for me to write, but when I come home from work, that is their time, beyond the fact that my brain is too fried for writing!

Good job on getting healthy. I had a few tests this past week that mean big changes for me, sigh.